New university partnership to support industry and government on offshore wind: Three of Scotland’s east coast...

The Offshore Renewables Institute (ORI) is a new partnership which brings together experts from different disciplines at the University of Dundee , the University of Aberdeen and Robert Gordon University - with the aim of developing and delivering solutions for the offshore wind industry in the North Sea and globally. The universities said the Dundee-based ORI will aim to provide effective, practical and timely help to the offshore renewables sector, government and wider society through consultancy, research, policy advice and professional development. “The UK and Scottish Governments have set ambitious targets for 2020 for offshore wind deployment. This presents us with an array of challenges – and not only in terms of the improving technology,” said ORI founding director Professor Paul Mitchell of the University of Aberdeen. “We need to look at the environmental impact o...